Commonsense Construction Contracting Act of 2013

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 2751.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 2751, Commonsense Construction Contracting Act of 2013” on April 14, 2014. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Small Business on March 5, 2014”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, April 14, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/45258

  CBO publication date

  April 14, 2014

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2751, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2751

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  721b8306dd6e8bf96227b365d70652721d80f16f3432ef15ade81a1d70770734

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 113-660 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Small Business Committee on December 11, 2014.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported December 11, 2014 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/113/HRPT/660

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2751, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2751

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  721b8306dd6e8bf96227b365d70652721d80f16f3432ef15ade81a1d70770734

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. HANNA, as printed in the Congressional Record (Page H4826):
  The Congress enacts this bill pursuant to Clause 1 of Section 8 of Article I of the United States Constitution, which provides Congress with the ability to enact legislation necessary and proper to effectuate its purposes in taxing and spending.
  Source: Congress.gov, record updated August 12, 2025 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  245 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 2751, 113th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/113/hr/2751

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  August 12, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 23, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  721b8306dd6e8bf96227b365d70652721d80f16f3432ef15ade81a1d70770734

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 2751, last updated August 12, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 23, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.